Telling the Bees [coming soon]
+ Honey Bee Colony
+ Archival Space
+ Sensors
Telling the Bees wires the obsessively controlled environment of an archive to the entangled ecosystem of a beehive. A colony of honeybees lives in a porcelain hive at the edge of the Amstelpark; sensors inside the hive measure temperature, humidity and electromagnetic communication, and pass those readings to an archive cabinet inside the art space, where they control its light and atmosphere. The cabinet houses the archive of Dutch artist Hans de Vries, including a small yellowed clipping titled Goed honingjaar, one of the earliest documents to link the loss of honeybee colonies to anthropogenic causes. The archive is a place where the symbolic body is kept after death, defended against change by sealed glass and regulated air. The hive works the other way: it preserves through continuous fluctuations in relation to its environment. The condition of the paper now depends on the condition of the bees.
+ Honey Bee Colony
+ Archival Space
+ Sensors
Telling the Bees wires the obsessively controlled environment of an archive to the entangled ecosystem of a beehive. A colony of honeybees lives in a porcelain hive at the edge of the Amstelpark; sensors inside the hive measure temperature, humidity and electromagnetic communication, and pass those readings to an archive cabinet inside the art space, where they control its light and atmosphere. The cabinet houses the archive of Dutch artist Hans de Vries, including a small yellowed clipping titled Goed honingjaar, one of the earliest documents to link the loss of honeybee colonies to anthropogenic causes. The archive is a place where the symbolic body is kept after death, defended against change by sealed glass and regulated air. The hive works the other way: it preserves through continuous fluctuations in relation to its environment. The condition of the paper now depends on the condition of the bees.
2026
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MicroCodex
+ Genetically modified organism
+ Bioreactor
+ LED-screen
In MicroCodex, micro-organisms found in the Silbersee - a toxic lake in the East-German town of Bitterfeld Wolfen - are genetically altered to carry a single sentence from Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself: “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” This new history encoded into their DNA is passed from generation to generation. With every transfer, there is a chance of genetic mutation that might alter the sentence’s structure, meaning, or legibility. The words reimagined by the metabolism of this microorganism, and by the toxic water it inhabits.
+ Genetically modified organism
+ Bioreactor
+ LED-screen
In MicroCodex, micro-organisms found in the Silbersee - a toxic lake in the East-German town of Bitterfeld Wolfen - are genetically altered to carry a single sentence from Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself: “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” This new history encoded into their DNA is passed from generation to generation. With every transfer, there is a chance of genetic mutation that might alter the sentence’s structure, meaning, or legibility. The words reimagined by the metabolism of this microorganism, and by the toxic water it inhabits.
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MicroCodex [edition]
+ Synthetic DNA suspended in glycerin
+ Modified glass medical ampoule
+ Lasercut aluminum
This edition of the MicroCodex contains the original synthetic DNA sequence designed for the project. The unmutated sentence of Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself - “for every atom belonging to me, as good belongs to you” - translated into the ATCG coding of DNA. In MicroCodex, this synthetic DNA was embedded within microbes from the East-German Silbersee, living in a closed life-support system, mutating the words in ever new poetic forms. This edition sees the source code of the project suspended in glycerin - a preserved reference point against which future mutations are measured.
+ Synthetic DNA suspended in glycerin
+ Modified glass medical ampoule
+ Lasercut aluminum
This edition of the MicroCodex contains the original synthetic DNA sequence designed for the project. The unmutated sentence of Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself - “for every atom belonging to me, as good belongs to you” - translated into the ATCG coding of DNA. In MicroCodex, this synthetic DNA was embedded within microbes from the East-German Silbersee, living in a closed life-support system, mutating the words in ever new poetic forms. This edition sees the source code of the project suspended in glycerin - a preserved reference point against which future mutations are measured.
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Soil Dogs
+ Ceramics
+ VLF and Seismic recordings
+ Geophone
The installation “Soil Dogs” explores the relationship between canines and seismic activity. Through a combination of ceramics, geo-acoustic and electromagnetic recordings, Soil Dogs connects the assumed earthquake warning signs to the local soil of Taiwan. A soil that has been shaped and is constantly reshaped by the seismic fluctuation of the island situated on the fault line between the Eurasian and Philippine Sea plates.
+ Ceramics
+ VLF and Seismic recordings
+ Geophone
The installation “Soil Dogs” explores the relationship between canines and seismic activity. Through a combination of ceramics, geo-acoustic and electromagnetic recordings, Soil Dogs connects the assumed earthquake warning signs to the local soil of Taiwan. A soil that has been shaped and is constantly reshaped by the seismic fluctuation of the island situated on the fault line between the Eurasian and Philippine Sea plates.
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What Worlds Make Stories
+ Three-screen video installation
What Worlds Make Stories aims to disentangle the hidden violence within our human mythologies by looking at the changing myth of the unicorn from monster to commodity. The dialogue between the two monsters touches upon elements of pop culture, art history, and the different forms of knowledge that are prevalent within contemporary Western discourse. The script invites us to explore the parallels between the domestication of the unicorn, as depicted on the famous unicorn tapestries, and our relationship to our surroundings.
+ Three-screen video installation
What Worlds Make Stories aims to disentangle the hidden violence within our human mythologies by looking at the changing myth of the unicorn from monster to commodity. The dialogue between the two monsters touches upon elements of pop culture, art history, and the different forms of knowledge that are prevalent within contemporary Western discourse. The script invites us to explore the parallels between the domestication of the unicorn, as depicted on the famous unicorn tapestries, and our relationship to our surroundings.
2023
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